Improved railway-rail



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strut @Mira SAMUEL J. REEVEs'oE PHILAEELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

Leners raam No. 9o,o23,daied May 11,1869.

The Schedule referred to in ,these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

Be it knowdthat 1 SAMUEL J. REEVES, of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia, VState of Pennsylvania, have invented anew and continuous permanent Base for Rails on Railroads; and Ido hereby declare that the followingis a full and exact description thereof, reference being `liad'to the accompanying drawings.

- The nature of my invention consists in an improved mode of constructing acontinuous base for rails, formed of three parts, each aboutlthe same length of the rail,

but breaking joint withy each other, soparranged as to receive the ordinary rails used on railroads', which will A "enable 'me to reduce'matei'ially the weight of the saine,

and to make it of a harder and more resisting material, and also, by the particular formation of the parts,

comprising the base, will form a continuous bearing,

with sucient elasticity to the rail, Without deeot-ion, and, at the same time, in case of fracture of the rail, it is always held rully to its place, without endanger- `ing the passing train. In combination with the rail,

. it also forms Ia continuous track, with nearly4 double the width of bearing-surface on the cross-ties of that y obtained from the ordinary rail as now used.

Inorderto enable others skilled in the art to make and apply my invention, I will proceed Figure 1 represents an elevation.

Figure 2, a cross-section, exhibiting all the parts in|` i Letters Patentrelative position. l

Figure 3, a horizontal section. Y x

1n fig; 2A represents a part on end of a rail of common form, with ianges a a. Y

B is a ribbed bar, 'of the same width at bottom as the base of the rail A, with ribs b b, on which the rail rests. n l

D D aresupporting clamp-bars, each with a lip, d d, overlapping the rail-anges a c their entire length, and also with a double auge e e at the bottom of to describe itsv that there are always three solid supporting-pieces 4each supporting clamp-bar D D, to rest upon the cross-ties, and which may be fastened to them in the i usual Way, -by securing the outer flanges e e', while. the inner flanges e e rest under and support the ribbed bar lB its entire length.

`The whole is rmly fastened together, withl the alignment perfect, andimade as one rail by the `bolts f .i

E E, or other fastenings, passing through the supporting-clamps, and through slots made in the ribs b l?, in the ribbed bar B, thus securely fastening the rail upon the ribbed bar, While thelwhole rests upon the cross-ties, with a base of about six inches.

By this arrangement, there is no danger of breaking the rail, as the "supporting clamp-bars` help tosustain the load, and relieve the rail'v from tensile strain; therefore, a much smaller rail may be used, of very` hard iron or steel, made With particular reference to its capability to resist abrasion and crushing.

The ribbed bar may have one or more ribs, though two are preferable, and'so' arranged that neither shall be directly in a line with the stem of the' rail, thus securing'elasticity to the rail Without increasing its deflection; and the ends -of the rails are made as rm and permanent as any other part, and cannot sink under the weight of the train, being held in Vperfect alignmentby the bas/e with which it breaks joint, so

under every rail-joint. p

I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by The supporting clamp-barsl D D, with theV anges e e', combined ,with the ribbed bar B, constructed as described, and the Wholeadapted to the ordinary rail A, substantially as herein set forth.y

SAML. J. REEVES.

Witnesses: p j

-W. OS. DIMPFEL, F. P. DEMPEEL. 

